内容摘要："We've got too many people thriving off our NHS while we can't get appointments ourselves," he said.

"We've got too many people thriving off our NHS while we can't get appointments ourselves," he said.

Many Romanians fear their country's core European values, and its global alliances, are still in danger."We are in the middle of a battle of ideas. We don't have options here," is how one democracy activist describes the mood. "The fight is now."

In Poeni village there's less talk of values and of Russian meddling, more about the money in their pockets. Or rather the lack of it.By the side of the main road, where the traffic alternates between heavy trucks and horses and carts, men buy charred chunks of kebab and pensioners chat on dusty benches.A metal public phone box is bent out of shape, its sign dangling as it probably has for years.

Incomes here are small, prices are climbing and life is tough as in much of Romania."I want Georgescu to straighten everyone out. They tricked us. They promised us more pension money," a middle-aged woman speaks quietly at first, then becomes bolder. "The others have done nothing for us here!"

In the village store, Ionela is just as disenchanted.

"Young people finish college here and can't get work, so they go abroad. That isn't normal. We need our young people to have places here to work," she complains from behind the shop counter.On Saturday, Allsopp will be in the crafts and flowers pavilion – a football pitch-sized marquee dedicated to floral arts, baking competitions, garden installations and craft exhibitors.

Phil Vickery, former Rugby Union player, best known for being a member of England's 2003 Rugby World Cup-winning squad, will also attend.Vickery was born in Barnstaple, Devon, and grew up in Cornwall. He will be at the Raging Bull stand on Avenue E on Saturday.

Each year, the Devon County Show selects a charity to benefit from its fundraising efforts.Pete's Dragons, a charity with its head office in Exmouth, has been chosen for the 2025 event.